This statistic displays the results of a 2018 survey asking individuals if they would want the choice to end their own life if they were diagnosed with a terminal illness under the terms of a proposed assisted dying law in Great Britain. 49 percent of respondents answered that they would definitely want to be given the choice to die if they were diagnosed with a terminal illness, while a further 29 percent said that they probably would want the choice.
Would you personally want the choice to end your own life if you were diagnosed with a terminal illness, or not?*
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ComRes, & Daily Mirror. (June 27, 2018). Would you personally want the choice to end your own life if you were diagnosed with a terminal illness, or not?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/899025/opinions-on-having-access-to-assisted-dying/
ComRes, und Daily Mirror. "Would you personally want the choice to end your own life if you were diagnosed with a terminal illness, or not?*." Chart. June 27, 2018. Statista. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/899025/opinions-on-having-access-to-assisted-dying/
ComRes, Daily Mirror. (2018). Would you personally want the choice to end your own life if you were diagnosed with a terminal illness, or not?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/899025/opinions-on-having-access-to-assisted-dying/
ComRes, and Daily Mirror. "Would You Personally Want The Choice to End Your Own Life If You Were Diagnosed with a Terminal Illness, or Not?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jun 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/899025/opinions-on-having-access-to-assisted-dying/
ComRes & Daily Mirror, Would you personally want the choice to end your own life if you were diagnosed with a terminal illness, or not?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/899025/opinions-on-having-access-to-assisted-dying/ (last visited April 25, 2024)
Would you personally want the choice to end your own life if you were diagnosed with a terminal illness, or not?* [Graph], ComRes, & Daily Mirror, June 27, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/899025/opinions-on-having-access-to-assisted-dying/